Lead Career Coach - Rapid E2E

JVS is a non-profit, non-sectarian agency. Our mission is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers; and to partner with employers to hire, develop and retain productive workforces. JVS provides a broad range of services including adult education, skills training, job readiness training, job placement and support, and access to post-secondary education.

JVS assists employers in their search for well-qualified job applicants and their initiatives to upgrade the skills of their incumbent workforce.

Position Summary

The Lead Career Coach for Rapid English 2 Employment initiates, strengthens, and sustains key employer and community partnerships; supervises and supports direct service staff; and oversees programming which serves refugees and immigrants seeking rapid employment and Vocational English for Speakers of Other Languages (VESOL) classes.

The Lead Career Coach also provides direct services including high quality career counseling, training, and job placement assistance to refugee and immigrant participants in the greater Boston area and Brockton. This individual must have experience working with people from diverse backgrounds. Program participants include refugees from Afghanistan, Haiti, Ukraine and other countries who recently resettled in Massachusetts; immigrant parents who are receiving public benefits (TANF/TAFDC), and other individuals eligible for Massachusetts Refugee Resettlement Program employment services.

Bilingual candidates strongly encouraged to apply. *This role requires minimum of 2 days per week in-person in our Brockton office (142 Crescent St, Brockton, MA 02302), and may include other days as needed in our main Boston office (75 Federal St, Boston, 02110) ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Accountability and Results Focused Establishes, tracks and meets program dashboard indicators (ex.

enrollment, placements, retention, skill attainment, client satisfaction, staff skill development, staff retention, staff performance)